ALMA, Michigan, Feb. 2 -- Alma College issued the following news: Keeping Alma College student-athletes in top shape -- and motivated to improve -- was a challenge for coaches in fall 2020, as restrictions put in place to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 resulted in the postponement of the fall sports season and limited opportunities for teams to practice together. The Alma College cross country team found a solution to that challenge, thanks in large part to a collaboration with Alex Montoye ' more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Feb. 4, 2021: Since Michigan Republicans lost their top recruit for governor in 2022, the party has been in a constant state of chaos. Today, current MI GOP Chair Laura Cox accused her would-be successor Ronald Weiser of bribing a Macomb County politician $200,000 to stay out of the 2018 Secretary of State race. Weiser was supposed to be appointed party chair this past Saturday, but Cox is now refusing to st more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Allendale Township official Ryan Kelley filed to run for Michigan governor as a Republican today. Kelley is facing calls for removal from his position after he was spotted at the U.S. Capitol insurrection. This isn't the first time Michiganders have called for Kelley's removal from office - in October 2020, several groups called on Kelley to resign after it was revealed that Kelley had close ties to the milit more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release: DTE Energy, a national leader in clean energy, has partnered with Ann Arbor and Roseville schools to deploy six zero-emission electric school buses. As COVID-19 has delayed in-person learning for some schools, the new electric buses will be used to deliver meals to school children through federal food assistance programs in addition to student transportation. DTE Energy, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Roseville Community Sch more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release: DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) will announce its full year 2020 earnings before the market opens Friday, February 19, 2021. The company will conduct a conference call to discuss earnings results at 9 a.m. ET the same day. Investors, the news media and the public may listen to a live internet broadcast of the call at dteenergy.com/investors. The telephone dial-in number in the U.S. and Canada toll free is: (833) 968-2209 or int more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Feb. 4 (TNSGra) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news on Feb. 3, 2021: In March 2020, the Eastern Michigan University student Baja racing team was gearing up to compete in the Louisville Baja SAE national competition. They were hard at work building and making improvements on the EMU Baja car in hopes of taking a win at the competition to take place a couple months later--until the pandemic hit. While the competition was moved virtually, the team compete more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Feb. 4 (TNSPer) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Eunice Jeffries, who has enjoyed a highly distinguished career in public service, has been appointed chair of the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents. As Board Chair, she will lead a diverse group of Regents with broad experience in business, higher education, law, medicine and public health, entrepreneurship and state government. The group includes four Eastern Michigan University alumni and more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Feb. 5 (TNSPer) -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: Grand Rapids Community College President Bill Pink was tapped by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to be part of an advisory board looking at what tools and resources Michigan students will need to get back on track as the state emerges from the pandemic. Pink is one of 33 educators and lawmakers from across the state appointed Thursday to the Student Recovery Advisory Council, which will be headed by Godf more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Feb. 4 (TNSGra) -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: Grand Rapids Community College and West Michigan Works! will lead a coalition of employers, workforce development organizations, educators and community groups to help underserved populations gain in-demand manufacturing skills with a focus on automation and artificial intelligence with help from a $9.8 million U.S. Department of Labor grant. The One Workforce for West Michigan Manufacturing pr more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Feb. 2 (TNSRes) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: A Grand Valley faculty member whose first novel earned national cachet has followed up with a collection of short stories that has again created buzz and gained reviews from major publications. Caitlin Horrocks' recently released book, Life Among the Terranauts, has been widely recognized and reviewed, including pieces in the Wall Street Journal as well as The New Yorker, which called the book a "p more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: A new partnership agreement between Grand Valley State University and Northern Michigan University in Marquette creates a pipeline for NMU undergraduates to GVSU's public health graduate program. The articulation agreement, developed by GVSU's Department of Public Health and NMU's School of Health and Human Performance, allows Grand Valley to recruit and directly admit up to five students from NMU's communi more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: COVID-19 has proved a formidable force in disrupting traditional education systems since March of 2020, but Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning at MIT, said the pandemic leaves room for growth for higher education. Sarma spoke during a February 2 "Fireside Chat" hosted by President Philomena V. Mantella and Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Maria Cimitile. The more PR

BENTON HARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 5 -- Lake Michigan College issued the following news: Lake Michigan College is partnering with the state for the new Michigan Reconnect scholarship program unveiled Tuesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. In an effort to help address a widening skills gap within the state's workforce, the scholarship offers Michiganders age 25 or older free tuition to pursue an associate degree or skills certificate. Current and former LMC students who meet eligibility requirements and  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 2 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recently joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in defending California's regulations on the sale of long guns and semi-automatic centerfire rifles by federally-licensed firearms dealers to people under the age of 21. In an amicus brief filed in U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, the coalition argues that states have the right to enact reasona more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 4 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recently joined a bipartisan coalition in taking action to ensure state attorneys general can continue to fight illegal robocalls through the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The coalition of 35 attorneys general filed an amicus brief in Lindenbaum v. Realgy arguing that the TCPA robocall ban was enforceable from 2015 to 2020. "As attorneys gen more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2021: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today urged Michigan residents to beware of scammers posing as law enforcement agencies or other companies demanding payment for warrants or services via gift card. Recently, illegal robocalls have been reported detailing that bad actors are spoofing - falsifying the phone number that appears on your caller ID - local law enforcement phone more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 5 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined 46 other attorneys general in a $573 million settlement with one of the world's largest consulting firms, McKinsey & Co., resolving investigations into the company's role in working for opioid companies, helping those companies promote their drugs, and profiting from the opioid epidemic. The settlement, after payment of costs, wi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 2 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2021: Michigan's top three elected officials are asking for the disbarment of four attorneys who pushed a false narrative of widespread election fraud in legal proceedings before multiple judges and courts - including the nation's highest judicial body, the U.S. Supreme Court - in their frivolous lawsuit, King v. Whitmer. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office on Thursday fi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency are letting individuals know of important tax documents for people who may be victims of identity theft as a result of widespread fraudulent unemployment claims in 2020. With tax season underway, the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) has begun issuing 1099-G tax forms to all claimants who received unemploym more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2021: A former Paw Paw insurance agent has pleaded no contest to embezzling money from an elderly client, Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced today. Brian Lietzau, 60, pleaded no contest to one count of embezzlement from a vulnerable adult, $50,000 or more but less than $100,000. He appeared today in Van Buren more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 5 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Justice has finally been served in a 2013 sexual assault of a minor through the work of the Kalamazoo County Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) team, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeffrey Getting announced today. Roosevelt Johnson, 64, of Memphis, Tennessee, and formerly of Kalamazoo, was sentenced on Monday to serve up to 35 years in prison by Judge  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Whitmer announced that the Prescription Drug Task Force she announced during her 2020 State of the State address has released their report and recommendations. Housed within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the Task Force worked with bipartisan members of the legislature to recommend legislation to require transparency, hold accountable those profiting from skyrocket more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 5 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: Governor Whitmer today signed Executive Order 2021-02, to create the Student Recovery Advisory Council of Michigan. As Michigan continues to work around the clock to eliminate COVID-19, the Student Recovery Council will provide guidance and recommendations to ensure Michigan students have the tools and resources they need to get back on track. "The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Michig more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2021: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined today with Republican and Democratic legislators to announce the launch of the $30 million Michigan Reconnect program, the largest effort in state history to ensure that more than 4.1 million Michiganders who are 25 or older and do not have a college degree will have an opportunity to earn a tuition-free associate degree or skills certificate. "All Mic more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Workers' Compensation Board of Magistrates: Keith A. Castora, of Canton, is a current magistrate with the Workers' Compensation Board of Magistrates and has been serving since 2013. He previously worked as an attorney with Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith. Mr. Castora earned his Juris Doctor degree from the Detroit College of Law, now kn more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement after President Biden announced his plan to purchase an additional 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to ensure that every American who wants a vaccine can receive one. "From his first day in office, President Biden has made it clear that his administration will have a clear national strategy to defeat COVID-19 once and for all," said more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- Michael F. Rice, superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education, issued the following news release: Layering in additional learning time next year will help Michigan students address foregone learning during the pandemic, according to State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice. Dr. Rice shared his thoughts with state legislators during a joint meeting of the Senate Education and Career Readiness Committee and the House Education Committee Tuesday afternoon. "Gi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 5 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement: * * * As Senate Republicans move to delay meaningful COVID-19 relief with procedural tactics, Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes released the following statement: "More than 15,600 Michiganders have lost their lives to COVID-19, yet Republicans in Washington are playing politics with this budget resolution. "This resolution is about expanding access to vaccines, helping to reopen schools, a more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 4 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of Chair Lavora Barnes. "The Republican-led legislature's continued denial of Governor Whitmer's appointments to State Boards and Commissions is simply a political stunt meant to slow down the functions of state government, while punishing the Governor for her life-saving efforts during the global pandemic. "Governor Whitmer more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 4 -- The office of the superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education issued the following memo by State Superintendent Michael F. Rice: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Michael F. Rice, Ph.D., State Superintendent SUBJECT: Layering Additional Time for Students - MEMO #COVID-19-158 Yesterday, I testified before a joint meeting of the Senate Education and Career Readiness Committee and the House E more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Charlie LeDuff reported in Deadline Detroit on Thursday that American Coney Island and Lafayette Coney Island in Detroit, were both visited by state officials after being featured in a feel-good video hosted by Barstool Sports Founder David Portnoy. Lafayette was fined $500 by the state. You can read the story below: LeDuff: Feel-Good Videos About Downtown Detroit Coneys Have A Bitter Sequel Charlie LeDuff,  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 5 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: As the nation's sixth-leading cause of death and the only leading cause with no treatment, prevention or cure, Alzheimer's is a devastating disease for those impacted and their caregivers. Fortunately, research experts and scholars such as Michigan State University Professor of Neuroscience David Morgan are working hard on potential solutions and training the next generation of dementia rese more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Collaboration between amateur butterfly collectors and entomology researchers has never been so critical to ensuring that critically important large-scale contemporary and future ecological, conservation, and evolutionary hypotheses concerning insects can be tested. Noting that many insect collections, particularly of butterflies and moths, come from amateur collectors, Anthony C more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 1 (TNSGra) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: It's no secret that Michigan State University is a leader in nuclear science. The university boasts the nation's top-ranked nuclear physics graduate program. It's also the home to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, or DOE-SC, user facility that will power cutting-edge nuclear science for researchers around the globe. In ad more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 4 -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, Spartans continue their work on the front lines, testing, treating, and even manufacturing the vaccine. Addyson Ives, a biomedical laboratory science major from the Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics (BLD) Program in the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University, is part of the biological operations team for Pfizer. She and her unit are  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: MSU's CREATE for STEM Institute has received funding from the George Lucas Educational Foundation to transform in-classroom elementary science materials for virtual learning. This new grant is an extension of the Multiple Literacies through Project-based Learning research funded in 2015 to create science curricula to engage and increase students' curiosity about the natural world. The goal of this g more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 6 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: The next time you bite into a Triscuit cracker, you may be tasting a wheat variety developed by Michigan State University researchers and grown by one of a thousand family farms in Michigan's Thumb region. In fact, all of the wheat shredded for Triscuit crackers comes from this region. The team of researchers from MSU's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources developed one of the wheat more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 6 (TNSGra) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Nearly one out of every 100 babies in the U.S. is born with heart defects. But Michigan State University researchers are working to improve that outlook, leading to healthier children and happier families, with the help of a $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. "Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect in humans, affecting one out of 100 newborns. You m more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 3 (TNSPer) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Michigan State University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., has selected Marlon Lynch to serve as the sixth chief of the MSU Police Department. Based on his vast experience and expertise, Lynch will also hold the title of vice president for public safety. "Marlon has a highly distinguished service record, including leading some of the largest university police departments in the country more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 4 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2021: Recent global calamities - the pandemic, wildfires, floods - are spurring interdisciplinary scientists to nudge aside the fashionable First Law of Geography that dictates "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." Geography, and by association, ecology, has largely followed what's known as Tobler's Law, which took hold in the earl more PR

HARRISON, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- Mid Michigan Community College issued the following news: Mid Michigan College will be fully participating in the Michigan Reconnect program unveiled Tuesday by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in an effort to help address a widening skills gap within the state's workforce. The new program will cover in-district tuition and some fees for eligible adults at Mid Michigan College who want to pursue an associate or technical degree. In order to be eligible for Michigan Reco more PR

MONROE, Michigan, Feb. 2 -- Monroe County Community College issued the following news release: The Foundation at Monroe County Community College will be hosting three virtual workshops in February for those current and future students who want to apply for more than $400,000 in scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year. The deadline for applying for scholarships is March 1, 2021. The workshops will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 4 and Wednesday, February 17, and another workshop will more PR

MUSKEGON, Michigan, Feb. 2 -- Muskegon Community College issued the following news: Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 2, eligible Michigan residents 25 years of age can apply for the Michigan Reconnect program, which helps pay for training for non-traditional students who want to earn a certificate in the skilled trades or an associate degree. "This is a great opportunity - a wonderful gift to Michigan residents - that eliminates one of the biggest concerns about going to college - the cost," noted MCC  more PR

BLOOMFIELD, Michigan, Feb. 5 (TNSPer) -- Oakland Community College issued the following news release: OCC announces Andre Poplar will join the college's executive team on Feb. 15, from his current role as executive director of labor relations and benefits at Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD). A Pontiac resident and Flint native, Poplar is a licensed attorney, known for his work aligning people and culture initiatives to an organization's strategic priorities and values. "Andre  more PR

MONACA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 (TNSPer) -- Pennsylvania State University's Beaver campus issued the following news: Juliette Storr has been promoted to professor of communications at Penn State Beaver. Storr joined Penn State Beaver as an assistant teaching professor in 2005 after working as a journalist in the Bahamas and in Michigan. The rank of professor is reserved for those who have a substantial record of advance research and/or creative work and of leadership in their field, Carey McDouga more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- Michigan State University's College of Social Science issued the following news release: Michigan State University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., has selected Marlon Lynch to serve as the sixth chief of the MSU Police Department. Based on his vast experience and expertise, Lynch will also hold the title of vice president for public safety. "Marlon has a highly distinguished service record, including leading some of the largest university police departm more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Feb. 3 (TNSJou) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: As the COVID-19 vaccination rollout continues and people contemplate if they are going to get the vaccine, research by a Grand Valley psychology expert has found the strongest predictor of whether someone will get vaccinated is how vulnerable they feel about contracting the virus. That emotional response to the health threat outweighed other conventional predictors of people's attitudes toward vacc more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 3 (TNSJou) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news on Feb. 2, 2021: The principles of a music education approach for children show promise when used as the basis for music therapy with adult cancer patients. That is the conclusion of a feasibility study co-written by Cindy Colwell, University of Kansas professor of music, and Jennifer Fiore, a KU alumna and current faculty member at Western Michigan University, and published online this fall in the Journal  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 3 (TNSPer) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2021: University of Michigan computer science researcher Kevin Fu is joining the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in its ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and effectiveness of medical devices, such as pacemakers, insulin pumps, hospital imaging machines and other electronic devices. Fu has been named acting director of medical device cybersecurity in the FDA's Center for Devices  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 2 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2021: February is Black History Month when the contributions, customs and achievements of African Americans are celebrated. But as the country deals with racial injustice and civil unrest, these 28 days take on greater importance, says Earl Lewis, University of Michigan professor of history and Afroamerican and African studies and director of the U-M Center for Social Solutions. Q: Why is Bla more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 4 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Black COVID-19 survivors experience worse outcomes related to care access, recovery, and social and economic factors when compared to their white counterparts, according to research on the impact of COVID-19 on Michiganders. The work, part of the Michigan COVID-19 Recovery Surveillance Study, is being conducted through a partnership with the University of Michigan School of Public Health and the Michig more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 4 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: One of the most important ways to stop the spread of COVID-19 is for people who have tested positive, or have symptoms, to isolate themselves from the other people they live with. But a new University of Michigan poll suggests that nearly 1 in 5 older adults don't have the ability to do this--and that those who are Hispanic or Black, or who have lower incomes or poor health to begin with, are  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 2 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The virtual conferencing that has replaced large, in-person gatherings in the age of COVID-19 represents a drastic reduction in carbon emissions, but those online meetings still come with their own environmental costs, new research from the University of Michigan shows. The research offers a framework for analyzing and tallying the carbon emissions of an online conference based on factors that more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 2 -- Wayne State University issued the following news: The Wayne State University Board of Governors voted unanimously over the weekend to declare the first week of February as National Gun Violence Survivors Week. The action was taken following a request at the Jan. 29 meeting by Megan Dombrowski, president of the WSU Students Demand Action of Gun Sense in America group. The board will ratify its vote and consider if the designation will be recurring at its March 12 me more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 2 (TNSGra) -- Wayne State University issued the following news: Wayne State University has received funding from the U.S. Department of Education to supplement student success services for military veterans. The $1.2 million Veterans -Student Support Services (VET-SSS) grant will enhance services provided by the Office of Military Veterans Academic Excellence (OMVAE). The five-year grant will serve 120 currently enrolled student veterans each academic year and provide in more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- Wayne State University issued the following news: When Dr. Toni Grant reported for her first day of work as the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of the Nursing Practice Corporation which operates the Campus Health Center (CHC) in July, she knew there would be no time for a leisurely orientation period. While Wayne State's campus was generally quiet, as most students, faculty and employees learned or worked from home, the CHC was busier than ever, with staff scheduling a more PR